Each summer in the Alberni Valley, more than 13,000 tourists line up on the boardwalk outside the Alberni Train Station awaiting their first glimpse of steam from Locomotive No. 7. The 1929 Baldwin steam engine will take them on a […]
Business case for rail has been accepted MARY ASHLEY AND JUDITH SAYERS / THE STAR FEBRUARY 13, 2014 Re: Ding-dong (Star, Feb. 6). The Island Corridor Foundation and representatives of Southern Rail Vancouver Island recently met with the Qualicum Beach and […]
Southern Railway hopes to bring trains back the Alberni Valley if the Raven coal mine gets approval ERIC PLUMMER / ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES FEBRUARY 7, 2014 A railway company operating in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley is considering reviving the […]
ROB SHAW / TIMES COLONIST DECEMBER 25, 2013 E&N rail service between Victoria and Courtenay was halted in 2011 because of poor track conditions. The return of passenger rail on Vancouver Island is inching closer to reality amid positive negotiations with […]
Len Anglin of Ironwood Shake & Tile Company and Rod Hunter Past President of the Rotary Club of Courtenay are excited to see the new roof installed on the Courtenay Train Station just before the snow arrived……timing is everything. The […]
NANAIMO DAILY NEWS NOVEMBER 7, 2013 12:00 AM Negotiations between Via Rail and the Island Corridor Foundation to renew passenger rail service are continuing, passing a previously set deadline to get a deal done by November. ICF, which owns the […]
Rotary restoring century-old train station BY DREW A. PENNER, COMOX VALLEY ECHO OCTOBER 22, 2013 Weeds have grown up along the rail bed. Graffiti lines a nearby wall. And its roof leaks pretty badly. But the efforts of several local […]
This weeks pole car, a Vancouver Island company export. SVI with ICF connecting Vancouver Island to national and international markets, in partnership with Seaspan Coastal Intermodal, SRY, CN, and finally ONR. Destination: Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Dont forget to like […]
BILL CLEVERLEY / TIMES COLONIST OCTOBER 16, 2013 09:34 PM The E&N Rail Trail is still chugging along even if the E&N passenger train isn’t. Capital Regional District parks committee members are recommending McElhaney Consulting Services Ltd. be awarded a $289,925 […]
Brian / Wilford Oceanside Star October 3, 2013 12:00 AM The Island railway is safe for freight, Southern Railway President Frank Butzelaar says in a letter Tuesday to Parksville Mayor Chris Burger. Butzelaar says he felt “compelled” to write the […]
